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Divorce

1977

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The New Article 310 Of The French Civil Code For International Divorce Actions, Thomas E. Carbonneau Jan 1977

The New Article 310 Of The French Civil Code For International Divorce Actions, Thomas E. Carbonneau

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The variety and complexity of the legal issues that can confront a French court in an international divorce action may best be illustrated by a description of the basic factual pattern of, and the initial arguments advanced in, some of the more typical cases:

  1. French National Spouse v. Foreign National Spouse
  2. The Validity of a Prior Foreign Divorce Decree
  3. Foreign National Spouses With Immigrant Status in France
  4. Spouses of Foreign Nationality with Domiciliary Status in France

Although disparate, the facts of these four hypothetical cases point to and are unified by two salient legal issues: one jurisdictional in nature and …